Friday, 14 September

After the usual jobs we headed off to abseiling and rock climbing.  The abseiling wall was 8 metres high and everybody soon got the hang of it.  Going upside down and jumping down the wall was soon happening as everybody wanted to try something new.  After we were done we returned to the camps and went on with journaling and afternoon jobs.  The day soon came to an end with everybody feeling great about the day.

Tom, Tegan and Josh

Thursday, 13 September

It is good to be back at Mt Binga after survival and get back into routine again.  Today after our jobs we went down to the horse yard and saddled our horses.  We then split up into three groups and rode our horses on a trail ride.  It was good to get out of the small paddock.  Each group rode for an hour.  While one group was riding the other two groups were either cleaning the wood chopping yard or preparing for abseiling.  Abseiling preparation was great!  We learned lots of new things we needed to know for tomorrow’s adventure.

Millie, Jacob and James

Wednesday, 12 September

On Monday we were introduced to survival, a three day experience where we had to build our own shelter, cook over a fire and make our own entertainment.

After waking up from under our hand made tents, we prepared for our final day of survival eating breakfast and packing our few items that we brought.  The survival event was a three day challenge in which we had to build our own shelters from scratch and ration food out between our other group members.  Nights were cold, the days hot and sometimes boring but everyone managed to get through relatively unscathed.  With the boys and girls having been separated from one another to form the two groups, everyone got to know their companions better.  When the troopies arrived to pick everyone up, the clean up had almost finished for the boys while the girls still had a bit left.

A short road trip later and we had all arrived back at camp.  Washing up followed with everything getting a scrub.  We headed off the the Palms National Park for an afternoon walk.  On arrival we had lunch then proceeded to walk the bush track.  The walk was great something we all enjoyed.  Then it was back to Binga and off to our afternoon jobs.